Thenmozhi Rajaratnam

Thenmozhi Rajaratnam (1974-21 May 1991) was a female suicide bomber of the Tamil Tigers who killed Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi on 21 May 1991.

Biography
Themozhi Rajaratnam was born in 1974 in Sri Lanka to a family of Hindu Tamils, and she joined the Tamil Tigers movement in hopes of establishing the independent state of Tamil Eelam on Sri Lanka. She was sent to kill Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi of India in a suicide bombing in response to his deployment of Indian Army peacekeepers to the island during the Sri Lankan Civil War, heading to kill him at the village of Sriperumbudur (25 miles from Chennai) while he was at a rally. Rajaratnam blew herself up with 1.5 pounds of RDX explosives while bending down to touch his feet, killing at least 25 others.